I said to my wife many years ago , that when the time comes for me to depart this earth for good, I want this played at my funeral. What a wonderful piece of music to leave people with
This is not the piece to be played for the occasion you mentioned... Liszt wrote many pieces for the occasion you mentioned, i.e. for the funerals... for the celebration of life...
@@RedZed1974 not true, if you’d tried the piece you’d know that. The first arpeggio, maybe but the rest have far too large of a jump to be rendered playable at a fast pace. For example one of the jumps on the 3rd bar of the 3rd page of the piece jumps from a B to a G# to a D then an E. This jump is significantly larger than an octave and it’s played two times, meaning that in total it spans more than two octaves. To do an arpeggio that complex at that speed, is far harder than doing it with crossover. Do you really think people just play it crossover to look cool?
@@errolsequeira7600 Not true mate, playing the arpeggios is obviously easier with two hands - you don't need to be an expert to know that. But the goal of this etude was to musically challenge the pianist to switch hands, not for the reason to look cool. I don't understand what you meant by "to be rendered playable". Did Lang Lang not just do it on video???
@@kyroh-bf2tf by most people I meant, and also I know that the etude was meant to improve crossovers, that’s why it is an etude, which means study. I was just using the “rendered playable” bit to reference the fact that it is in fact way easier doing the crossover technique.
This may be my favorite classical piece. Technically challenging, yet also delicate and gorgeous, and one of the most beautiful endings ever. Just when you think it is done, it still has more to say.
I don't know how I just discovered this piece, but I know exactly what you mean. It's a little showy (which liszt did like to be), but not over the top, and the song is actually beautiful too.
The ending is my least favorite part in every recording I think there are so many better ways it coulda ended. I’m sure Liszt knew exactly why he made it like that.
its not a sad type of sigh. its an "im in love and have butterflies" type of sigh. that overwhelming sense of grandeur where you find yourself needing to breathe deeper, more naturally, into your belly- as if you were face to face with someone who loves you and you are just about to express that love for the first time with a kiss
I understand that interpretations may not be favorable but some of the uptight old coots in the comments are so rude. “Un Sospiro” wasn’t the name Liszt gave this piece anyways, so he should be able to perform how he wants. If you think a live performances should sound exactly like 100 other studio recordings or whatnot then shame on you.
Liszt did suggest hand crossings though. Could be either a) he thinks this brings more control, which suggests that he probably intended this piece to be played softly overall, or b) just for fun, because it's an etude. Or both. Also, last time I checked the score, there was only one forte and one fortissimo throughout the whole piece. Everything else is p and below.
One very special person! Lang Lang interprets this lovely piece superbly.But, of course, there are other interpretations.. How mundane it would be if all pianists played exactly the same.
Lang Lang isn’t playing for the audience, he’s playing for himself, like every other musician. If you don’t like his interpretation then that’s fine, but there’s no need to criticize anyone other than yourself and your purist ideals.
Are you serious? Lang lang has to play FOR the audience.. this is exactly why there is an audience that pay good money to see him play the pieces they want... that's why there's DEMAND for pianists to play the pieces the audience want to hear, because there's an audience, hence demand. Without an audience, what do you have? Nothing. Might as well get another job. Even Liszt had to change the way he played for the audience. Regarding his performance, it's rushed.
At the end of his playing, it feels like he's playing for someone or something out in the distance somewhere, and I appreciate that because it makes the song feel alive. Also I like that at the beginning, the way he plays that arpeggio, really warms up the piece
Although this is played masterfully, I prefer the interpretations of other pianists. Lang Lang's representation and style of Un Sospiro is a bit aggressive in my opinion. It is a bit too distant from a sigh which is literally what "un sospiro" means. Some more tenderness and care may aid in developing a more lyrical performance. Just my opinion.
+Gilbertmon100 Van Cliburn is the very best pianist to play "Un Sospiro". His technique is impecable and flawless. Lang Lang, on the other hand, plays the music too aggressively; his method even seems to imply that he is a conceited pianist.
no room for interpretation then ? So much devoted to the original version... what if the 'sospiro' was a 'sigh' with underlined frustration? isn't classical music to be played with emotion, so I would say one's feeling is not applicable to another's, right?
Hands moving like air flowing, mind thinking quicker than lighting striking, tears pouring faster than a waterfalls current, and a larger than life fire burning inside of him. That’s what makes a pianist perfect
Me too! That is a perfect example of how to not do it. It is true that many of the "golden era" pianists used to intentionally reinforce the bass or insert some extra notes, but the huge difference is that they knew what they were doing, as a listener you almost don't notice, it fits in completely naturally and you can only tell the difference if you happen to know the score by heart. Here, however, it doesn't fit in at all and is just tasteless.
I really like the recording from a Polish kid whose name I can't remember....but I think this piece is so transcendental that it works almost no matter how you interpret it. That's one mark of a great composer...
***** Lang Lang plays very differently in front of people and on his recordings. If you listen to his Un sospiro recording on "Liszt my piano hero" from lang lang, it sounds much better
+Bampaloudu64 His interpretation can be more or less aggressive, but I think that being a robot isn't appropriate to define Lang Lang, he is just the opposite.
+Eduard López Anglada well said- Lang Lang is extremely imaginative and his interpretations are always unique. But not everything that is unique is good, and not everything that is good is unique, either.
personslly like this imterpretation. makes it feel like instead of it just being a calm sigh, it goes through differet phases. like boom it's all chill and calm, then something happenes and a tramatic event happens. i take it into perspective like that.
I absolutely hate everyone in the comments saying he doesn't play right. He plays the way HE plays. He isn't trying to be anyone but himself. I saw some people giving harsh critisism being actual professional pianists from what it seems like and I feel they have lost the meaning of self. To them it's a strict rule of play so it sounds exactly like the creator of the piece or so it sounds like it's supposed to give a certain feeling 100% of the time. If you don't like it... leave and don't listen to it. Simple yet some people fail to grasp that. They think the idiots thought that if they don't like it, it must not be 'correct'. If he was bad then he wouldn't be so famous and well known. I feel a lot of this has something to do with jealousy. No one wants you here if you are going to critique an artist because YOU don't like the playing. (but if you really do want to critique someone go to my channel and watch my videos you can critique me all you want. I play like trash and I want feedback)
Hamelin's sigh is of a mother who sighs at the end of the day after tucking her children to sleep and finishing her chores and knowing that she had a good day. Lang Lang's sigh is of a mother whose teenage drug-addict son had run away and her teenage promiscuous daughter is getting an abortion and thinking what she had done wrong when she was raising her children that they turned out like this.
I'm not sure that wearing attention grabbing shoes means he doesn't care what people think. Lang Lang is a showman. Saw him in concert and he made a big deal out of beating the number of encores he played the last time he was at the venue. The crowd loved it and kept egging him on (seven! eight!) but I have to say that it seemed to become more about him than the music by the end.
@@laurenpage3548 well, font know about the Prima Donna, he is actually very humble and human. Millions, repeat millions of fans adore Lang Lang , been playing concerts from infant age, and youre claim to knowledge of him, came from where? Cheers
was thinking the same thing. Also your god damn editor does a damn good job keeping the audio in your vids in sync. ONE JOB. also huge fan thnx keep up ur vids
;op 4 Of course diversity of style is important. But this interpretation is less like a breath of fresh air and more like gasping and coughing in stale air. (In all seriousness Lang Lang sometimes has interesting interpretations, but this is a good example of how unique =/= good)
Lang Lang could play twinkle twinkle with his arms tied behind his back wearing a scarf on a hot sunny morning in Antartica using only a qtip with the amount of skill he has.
The accent at 1:00 is unforgivable. Who in his right mind would pound that note? There is a difference between drama and melodrama. Seriousness versus camp.
@00:55 Meas 18 leading to the Db > A Key change in Meas 19. Isn't the F suppose to be Fb, in the latter half of that measure? Or maybe there are editions that keep the entire measure Db. ♪♪♫
First, I cannot play this. But my comment is to listen to Claudio Arrau’s interpretation. We are blessed to have so many wonderful pianists to listen to.
I saw him at the Smith Center, Las Vegas last Monday night! Fabulous, unbelievable, modest, non animated, and a pleasure to watch and listen to! Mozart for the 1st half, then Chopin Etudes for the rest!
Your comment is to much.... I am very curious why are you so mean with this asian talent... Im from the philippines if you want to travel here give me a call let's spar a bit. I want you to taste our way of punishing bullies... Your attitude is as pale as your skin
+liszt bee Half of my family is Filipino... I hate on this interpretation of this piece for the same reason more than half of the people in this comments section do. Although to be clear, I wouldn't usually hate on Lang Lang (or cut my ears off), since he's a really good pianist, it's just this particular performance that just doesn't really fit...
People also criticized the late, great Organist Virgil Fox, who frankly couldn't have cared less. He famously quipped: *I'm the cookie that makes the bucks!* The late, great Gabrielle Canel famously said something wonderful about critics: I don't care what you think about me. I don't think about *you* at all. Mr LangLang doesn't have to care about petty, insecure people who feel the need to tell others on TH-cam what should be in a performance of music; we have ears and are perfectly within our rights to make up our own minds! From me to you: it's TH-cam, and *everyone here is every bit as insignificant as I am, dahlinks.*
Lang Lang’s interpretation isn’t aggressive at all! No way... it’s beautifully played with passion, emotion and feelings. You lot who criticise his playing, are u deaf or got earring problems?
Un sosprio means a sigh. Lang Lang does not make this piece sound like a sigh. It sounds like a goddamned war in that theater. It’s not about emotion on this case, it’s that he has gutted the piece beyond a sigh. Try listening to Paul Barton to hear what it is supposed to sound like. Lang Lang is an incredible pianist, but he fucked this piece
As a piano Teacher of 47 years, I know that Hamlinm or how ever he spells it , is the BUTCHER.. plus he totally disregards the end of the piece and makes up his own.. how sad that someone doesnt' recognixe that
Why does Lang Lang always accentuate low register notes like at 1:00? Sometimes it sounds nice but not in this piece. He did the same thing in Liebestraum No. 3 as well.
Way too fast. I usually like Lang Lang's performance but this is not one of his best. And at times the notes are way too soft and at times they are way too uneven. This is after all an Etude, a technical piece for training piano hands not one of those Romantic pieces where more latitude and leeway can be given in terms of tempo and dynamics. Hamlin`s the BEST!
If you don't like it, it's also great because you can top it yourself. That's what I would do, although I like lang lang so much, I'm not sure if I can top his version. best of luck brother
lang lang's interpretations always ruffle a few feathers, and for the most part, while i disagree with what he does sometimes, i let it slide-musical interpretation is more important than conforming to standards... but the end. why did he go forte at the end? WHY? REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
It is obvious Lang Lang is very technically skilled, and he has demonstrated a superior knowledge of theory and musicalities, it is a shame he does not use them most of the time. Edit: I’m not discrediting Lang Lang’s skill, but rather I am disappointed he won’t use his outstanding talent and perform pieces beautifully. Un Sospiro needs to feel warm and be played a certain way, and I do not feel Lang Lang has captured that, or at least tried playing it that way.
Not true. Most of Liszt's pieces are supposed to be flashy, and I think Lang Lang definitely captured that. He only changed the dynamics a bit and played it his own way while maintaining the musicality.
I tend to prefer his studio recordings over his live concerts. This is no exception. (I think the only exception would be his stunning live performance of La Campanella in Caracas, posted by Davic Loreto.)
How can you tell? He doesn't like Lang Lang's playing because he doesn't like how he interprets pieces and that his playing has little clarity. There is no racism in that.
Well, I am not an expert in music, but at this one masterpiece Of Liszt un sospiro, Lang Lang, puts some hard touch, when it should be more smooth, anyway, the man is a master at piano, and produces fantastic job. From Brazil, Hugs to you Friends...
I said to my wife many years ago , that when the time comes for me to depart this earth for good, I want this played at my funeral. What a wonderful piece of music to leave people with
+Steinwaygrande Not the Lang Lang version I hope.
I really don't care as I won't be here when that happens
This is not the piece to be played for the occasion you mentioned... Liszt wrote many pieces for the occasion you mentioned, i.e. for the funerals... for the celebration of life...
That note at 1:00 might make you rise from your slumber tbh
How about Chopin's infamous Funeral March........
Ah... Never mind, i don't more people to die at your funeral, its that depressing...
Bruh. This man doesn't even need to crossover
ok
It's easier to play without the crossovers. But it doesn't look nearly as cool.
@@RedZed1974 not true, if you’d tried the piece you’d know that. The first arpeggio, maybe but the rest have far too large of a jump to be rendered playable at a fast pace. For example one of the jumps on the 3rd bar of the 3rd page of the piece jumps from a B to a G# to a D then an E. This jump is significantly larger than an octave and it’s played two times, meaning that in total it spans more than two octaves. To do an arpeggio that complex at that speed, is far harder than doing it with crossover. Do you really think people just play it crossover to look cool?
@@errolsequeira7600 Not true mate, playing the arpeggios is obviously easier with two hands - you don't need to be an expert to know that. But the goal of this etude was to musically challenge the pianist to switch hands, not for the reason to look cool. I don't understand what you meant by "to be rendered playable". Did Lang Lang not just do it on video???
@@kyroh-bf2tf by most people I meant, and also I know that the etude was meant to improve crossovers, that’s why it is an etude, which means study. I was just using the “rendered playable” bit to reference the fact that it is in fact way easier doing the crossover technique.
This may be my favorite classical piece. Technically challenging, yet also delicate and gorgeous, and one of the most beautiful endings ever. Just when you think it is done, it still has more to say.
Absolutely 👌
How is this masterful? More like chunky and brute.
I don't know how I just discovered this piece, but I know exactly what you mean. It's a little showy (which liszt did like to be), but not over the top, and the song is actually beautiful too.
The ending is my least favorite part in every recording I think there are so many better ways it coulda ended. I’m sure Liszt knew exactly why he made it like that.
@@paulzeng4142 listen harder my friend
its not a sad type of sigh. its an "im in love and have butterflies" type of sigh. that overwhelming sense of grandeur where you find yourself needing to breathe deeper, more naturally, into your belly- as if you were face to face with someone who loves you and you are just about to express that love for the first time with a kiss
When I first heard it, I thought a freedom type sigh. After a long struggle, you finally finish, and you get to sit back and sigh contendtefly
I understand that interpretations may not be favorable but some of the uptight old coots in the comments are so rude. “Un Sospiro” wasn’t the name Liszt gave this piece anyways, so he should be able to perform how he wants. If you think a live performances should sound exactly like 100 other studio recordings or whatnot then shame on you.
Mmm, most of them are just saying they’re not a fan. Nothin wrong with that.
Liszt did suggest hand crossings though. Could be either
a) he thinks this brings more control, which suggests that he probably intended this piece to be played softly overall, or
b) just for fun, because it's an etude.
Or both.
Also, last time I checked the score, there was only one forte and one fortissimo throughout the whole piece. Everything else is p and below.
if this is how liszt sighed, he must have been one scary person...
Tamim Yacqub lmao
One very special person! Lang Lang interprets this lovely piece superbly.But, of course, there are other interpretations.. How mundane it would be if all pianists played exactly the same.
Tamim Yacqub lol
Much too fast a tempo.
Ha well "Sospiro" can be "sigh" but like "suspiro" can be "flying/flight" and "to hold your breath is great anticipation"
Lang Lang isn’t playing for the audience, he’s playing for himself, like every other musician. If you don’t like his interpretation then that’s fine, but there’s no need to criticize anyone other than yourself and your purist ideals.
ok so the good points kinda fell off about halfway through your argument
_The POPE…_ seriously needs to… _Take A Hike, Mike!!_
Are you serious? Lang lang has to play FOR the audience.. this is exactly why there is an audience that pay good money to see him play the pieces they want... that's why there's DEMAND for pianists to play the pieces the audience want to hear, because there's an audience, hence demand.
Without an audience, what do you have? Nothing. Might as well get another job. Even Liszt had to change the way he played for the audience.
Regarding his performance, it's rushed.
haha no one cares he sucks anyways haha cry more pope
lang lang simp
At the end of his playing, it feels like he's playing for someone or something out in the distance somewhere, and I appreciate that because it makes the song feel alive. Also I like that at the beginning, the way he plays that arpeggio, really warms up the piece
How can anyone complain about playing like this.THE MUSIC IS ROMANTIC. Listz would absolutely approve!
Although this is played masterfully, I prefer the interpretations of other pianists. Lang Lang's representation and style of Un Sospiro is a bit aggressive in my opinion. It is a bit too distant from a sigh which is literally what "un sospiro" means. Some more tenderness and care may aid in developing a more lyrical performance. Just my opinion.
+Gilbertmon100 Van Cliburn is the very best pianist to play "Un Sospiro". His technique is impecable and flawless. Lang Lang, on the other hand, plays the music too aggressively; his method even seems to imply that he is a conceited pianist.
no room for interpretation then ? So much devoted to the original version... what if the 'sospiro' was a 'sigh' with underlined frustration? isn't classical music to be played with emotion, so I would say one's feeling is not applicable to another's, right?
@@TheRomeogigli I thought the subtitle "un sospiro" wasn't given to the piece by Liszt anyway.
There is alreqdy ALOT of drama in this piece and Lang Lang adds more
Listen to Hamelin and hear the difference.
Damn. And I thought I could play this well. The level of dynamics Lang puts into this piece is unreal. Bravo!
i first i thought he was a little too rough...but as time went on, the playing really embraces you.
Hands moving like air flowing, mind thinking quicker than lighting striking, tears pouring faster than a waterfalls current, and a larger than life fire burning inside of him. That’s what makes a pianist perfect
When you play you don't really think tbh also he wasn't crying
0:33 I guess thats what an eargasm looks like
omfg xD
Lol
bruh lmao
Omg I laughed so hard rn😂😂😂😂
i think it's a FAKE eargasm LOL
He plays Liszt like if it was Rachmaninov
Barthélémy Begous exactly
He doesn't play Rachmaninov right as well.
is Rachmaninov supposed to be agressive?
Wael Kr Moment Musical No. 4: yes
+Wael Kr prelude in c# minor.
The stud who had the balls (or lack of them as it sounds) to cough at 3:29. I would implode before I coughed during this.
Hmmm I have never seen it played that way, without crossing hands over at around 1:00. Impressive
Liszt made this etude to strengthen the ability to cross hands but Lang Lang failed to preform that I think it’s a shame
@@derekpintozzi2498 I concur.
the hands are not supposed to cross in that section
@@johningram2984 yes they are
@@derekpintozzi2498 no not in measure 21, look at the sheet music
Heart attack at 1:00
+Hamlet A Seriously. What was he even thinking?
+Hamlet A I agree. That was truly awful. Lang Lang gives the impression that his musical attention span is about 2 measures long.
that's beautiful.
Me too! That is a perfect example of how to not do it. It is true that many of the "golden era" pianists used to intentionally reinforce the bass or insert some extra notes, but the huge difference is that they knew what they were doing, as a listener you almost don't notice, it fits in completely naturally and you can only tell the difference if you happen to know the score by heart. Here, however, it doesn't fit in at all and is just tasteless.
+joernbroeker True! Lang Lang does this often especcially in romantic which is awful...
lang lang's interpretation is way too aggressive, this piece is supposed to be soothing and gentle....
I really like the recording from a Polish kid whose name I can't remember....but I think this piece is so transcendental that it works almost no matter how you interpret it. That's one mark of a great composer...
*****True, and his motions are too mechanical, a robot could do the same.
***** Lang Lang plays very differently in front of people and on his recordings. If you listen to his Un sospiro recording on "Liszt my piano hero" from lang lang, it sounds much better
+Bampaloudu64 His interpretation can be more or less aggressive, but I think that being a robot isn't appropriate to define Lang Lang, he is just the opposite.
+Eduard López Anglada well said- Lang Lang is extremely imaginative and his interpretations are always unique. But not everything that is unique is good, and not everything that is good is unique, either.
personslly like this imterpretation. makes it feel like instead of it just being a calm sigh, it goes through differet phases. like boom it's all chill and calm, then something happenes and a tramatic event happens. i take it into perspective like that.
I absolutely hate everyone in the comments saying he doesn't play right. He plays the way HE plays. He isn't trying to be anyone but himself. I saw some people giving harsh critisism being actual professional pianists from what it seems like and I feel they have lost the meaning of self. To them it's a strict rule of play so it sounds exactly like the creator of the piece or so it sounds like it's supposed to give a certain feeling 100% of the time. If you don't like it... leave and don't listen to it. Simple yet some people fail to grasp that. They think the idiots thought that if they don't like it, it must not be 'correct'. If he was bad then he wouldn't be so famous and well known. I feel a lot of this has something to do with jealousy.
No one wants you here if you are going to critique an artist because YOU don't like the playing.
(but if you really do want to critique someone go to my channel and watch my videos you can critique me all you want. I play like trash and I want feedback)
@David Rider well of course there is. But he is not disregarding anything. He IS adding his own flavor whether you like it or not.
in my opinion yundi li is a much better pianist, but he is less known because of bad marketing
@@musicman6942 yeah he is pretty good I watched one video just now
@@musicman6942 In La campanella he doesn't even mess up right at the end where lik 99.99% of everyone messes up at least a little bit
U talk too much
Hamelin's sigh is of a mother who sighs at the end of the day after tucking her children to sleep and finishing her chores and knowing that she had a good day.
Lang Lang's sigh is of a mother whose teenage drug-addict son had run away and her teenage promiscuous daughter is getting an abortion and thinking what she had done wrong when she was raising her children that they turned out like this.
da96103 IKR? EXACTLY!!! ROFL
This is the best thing I’ve ever read
Major lol. Thank you for making me laugh.
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I could not explain it better... he gave me a lot of underlying frustrations, but idd. more soothing too reality I guess ::-)
Look at his shoes. He clearly couldn't care in the slightest what you think.
I'm not sure that wearing attention grabbing shoes means he doesn't care what people think. Lang Lang is a showman. Saw him in concert and he made a big deal out of beating the number of encores he played the last time he was at the venue. The crowd loved it and kept egging him on (seven! eight!) but I have to say that it seemed to become more about him than the music by the end.
@@grantmalone so you're saying he's a self-absorbed guy?
Aaron Dodd re Lang Lang, who cares what’s on his feet, fans concentrate on his playing, emotion, dexterity, and he has millions of fans! Australia
he's a super prima donna. wait until he comes out and goes full-on elton john on the world. it's gonna happen. just wait.
@@laurenpage3548 well, font know about the Prima Donna, he is actually very humble and human. Millions, repeat millions of fans adore Lang Lang , been playing concerts from infant age, and youre claim to knowledge of him, came from where? Cheers
god damn editor got the audio out of sync. ONE JOB
was thinking the same thing. Also your god damn editor does a damn good job keeping the audio in your vids in sync. ONE JOB.
also huge fan thnx keep up ur vids
lmao what its perfectly in sync
00:31 until 00:38 ,Chopin style
So beethoven/mozart style?.
honestly i like lang lang's interpretation. the way the melody pierces through is how i imagine liszt would have played it
This is Liszt we're talking about, not just any other composer. Lang Lang's interpretation is perfect for this piece.
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😂 yep, definitely how I imagine Liszt playing, very flashy
amazing to see just how generous and humble he is here, in a small space, as he would be in Royal Albert Hall.
1:00 is someone's corona cough instead of a sigh.
Emiel Geerts hahah
Funny
Ahaha nice
lmao
bruh why is everyone obsessed over whether he accurately portrayed a sigh or not, the title wasn’t even given by Liszt himself
Everyone should just say thank you 🙏🏻 thank you
0:48 - liszt has left the chat
@TheTage Show He's saying that Liszt wouldn't have been proud of the interpretation
@@ral8ph you sound too generous. Liszt would have ABHORRED the interpretation.
I just realized Lang Lang isn’t even doing hand cross overs for the arpeggios. I can’t tell if I should be impressed or disgusted lol
🤣😂🤣😂🤣
omg yes lol
Stop hating on Lang Lang he’s a god and has his own style which separates him from other pianists
Every pianist has his/her own style... thats how they became pianists.
We’re not suggesting having his own unique style is bad. We’re suggesting that his unique style is bad.
;op 4 Of course diversity of style is important. But this interpretation is less like a breath of fresh air and more like gasping and coughing in stale air. (In all seriousness Lang Lang sometimes has interesting interpretations, but this is a good example of how unique =/= good)
This isn’t very unique he just goes from very soft to very loud multiple times.
Ynkmo hab yreja3 roho compositeur ya sbi jamais l3ab composition bla ma ybedel jedha w yfessedha gae
His interpretation is truly Liszt, beautiful
His interpretation is absolutely marvellous, one of the best in youtube.
Paul Barton plays this piece so much more beautifully and better.
+Elijah Shabazz Paul does but i love hamelin's playing the best
I like them both.
True!
I absolutely agree!
False...
Please, correct the spelling of Liszt. :)
Man, I would criticise this, but everybody's said everything I had to say 100 times already.
Also 1:00 is painful
He’s playing the way he wants to express the emotion and I respect that
Lang lang sucks like me
I appreciate Lang Lang's skills, like he is unbelievable, but I never really agree with his interpretations of music.
How come
I think many people see his interpretations as more of him wanting to do it fast other than like putting feeling into it if u know what I mean
I agree. He’s far more talented than I’ll ever be. But too many parts feel mechanical and it’s not that it’s bad but it’s just not super tasteful
He sucks
@@HediBleats no he doesn’t, if you are better why don’t you upload a vid of you playing
1:00
😆 come on lol. Apart from these thunderous octaves in the LH it's mainly good right?
Lang Lang could play twinkle twinkle with his arms tied behind his back wearing a scarf on a hot sunny morning in Antartica using only a qtip with the amount of skill he has.
Liszt and Lang Lang = best connected ❤❤❤
The accent at 1:00 is unforgivable. Who in his right mind would pound that note? There is a difference between drama and melodrama. Seriousness versus camp.
Yes I don’t know why he absolutely hammered that part it kinda gets on my nerves how much Lang Lang does that
Bravo Lang Lang!!
@00:55 Meas 18 leading to the Db > A Key change in Meas 19. Isn't the F suppose to be Fb, in the latter half of that measure? Or maybe there are editions that keep the entire measure Db. ♪♪♫
3:30 cough sounded more real than the emotion of the piece
You’re just amazing! Such a moving piece
Jump scare at 1:00, you can thank me later.
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First, I cannot play this. But my comment is to listen to Claudio Arrau’s interpretation. We are blessed to have so many wonderful pianists to listen to.
0:46 If you listen carefully you can hear an A natural slightly perturbing the Db arpeggio. :)
Yeah he messed up
He messed up quite a few times in this one
Do you want a cookie?
most likely the facial expression distracted himself
Wowwww. The left hand at around 0:51 is playing both the right and left hand parts while his right hand plays the main “hard two-notes” part.
I saw him at the Smith Center, Las Vegas last Monday night! Fabulous, unbelievable, modest, non animated, and a pleasure to watch and listen to! Mozart for the 1st half, then Chopin Etudes for the rest!
This piece really does hit different.
Beautiful theme & nice piano playing! :):)
"Sospiro" stands for "sigh." Lang Lang's interpretation doesn't make me want to sigh, it makes me want to find pliers so I can cut my ears off.
Your comment is to much....
I am very curious why are you so mean with this asian talent...
Im from the philippines if you want to travel here give me a call let's spar a bit. I want you to taste our way of punishing bullies... Your attitude is as pale as your skin
+liszt bee Half of my family is Filipino... I hate on this interpretation of this piece for the same reason more than half of the people in this comments section do. Although to be clear, I wouldn't usually hate on Lang Lang (or cut my ears off), since he's a really good pianist, it's just this particular performance that just doesn't really fit...
Un Sospiro is not the title Liszt gave this piece anyways
Davis Robinson should tight ahead, you are not listening correctly anyhow!
Maravilhoso!🙏🏻❤️💐👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇧🇷🖖🏻
A bit aggressive, don't you think?
Watch Paul Barton's interpretation.. very calm and relaxing..
@@NiladriSaren i like traums interpretation more, its a bit slower.
Yes I also think that
Lizst writes two hand octave part.
Lang Lang: That all you got m8
Also Lang Lang flexing octaves with one hand. 0:42
I would listen to Hamelin's rather than Lang Lang's.
+Yubin Lee you can like them both. Disliking one selectively just without reason is childish.
obviously he has his reasons
can someone listen to Lang Lang's Liszt album and tell me that recording of this etude is not better than hamelins
Brandon Lou Yes Hamelin's is objectively better
Enjoy!!
I understand the underlying frustrations in this interpretation, well done
Lang Lang likes to create dynamics of his own, which is rather unconventional.
what do you mean by that
This song should flow smoothly and gracefully. What I hear is bang bang bang... Lang Lang please don't spoil another beautiful classical piece!
So many masterful interpret in this comment section. If only Lang Lang could have access to their incredible guidance...
Love this.
People also criticized the late, great Organist Virgil Fox, who frankly couldn't have cared less. He famously quipped: *I'm the cookie that makes the bucks!*
The late, great Gabrielle Canel famously said something wonderful about critics: I don't care what you think about me. I don't think about *you* at all.
Mr LangLang doesn't have to care about petty, insecure people who feel the need to tell others on TH-cam what should be in a performance of music; we have ears and are perfectly within our rights to make up our own minds!
From me to you: it's TH-cam, and *everyone here is every bit as insignificant as I am, dahlinks.*
His version of Un Sospiro is my absolute favorite
@iwritemusic1 you did, you probably removed it but it came through to me as an email alert.
Awesome!!!!
Beautiful, like I've been in a fantasy.
At a piano competition there was girl who played this piece she was atleast 16 years old and I didn't hear one mess up and it was all by memory
Lang Lang’s interpretation isn’t aggressive at all! No way... it’s beautifully played with passion, emotion and feelings. You lot who criticise his playing, are u deaf or got earring problems?
Adele Figarro you got hearing problems, you probably didn't hear that fudged up base note at 1:00
Un sosprio means a sigh. Lang Lang does not make this piece sound like a sigh. It sounds like a goddamned war in that theater. It’s not about emotion on this case, it’s that he has gutted the piece beyond a sigh. Try listening to Paul Barton to hear what it is supposed to sound like. Lang Lang is an incredible pianist, but he fucked this piece
Factory Defect it’s not supposed to sound like anything specific. Un Sospiro isn’t the name Liszt gave this piece.
As a piano Teacher of 47 years, I know that Hamlinm or how ever he spells it , is the BUTCHER.. plus he totally disregards the end of the piece and makes up his own.. how sad that someone doesnt' recognixe that
Carol Mehaffey He didn’t actually make up his own; the ending he uses is written as a side note in the score as an alternative ending.
Why does Lang Lang always accentuate low register notes like at 1:00? Sometimes it sounds nice but not in this piece. He did the same thing in Liebestraum No. 3 as well.
I love this, it's makes the pice more deep
still trying to find Leslie Howards
Bravo, Lang Lang! 💖💖
Way too fast. I usually like Lang Lang's performance but this is not one of his best. And at times the notes are way too soft and at times they are way too uneven. This is after all an Etude, a technical piece for training piano hands not one of those Romantic pieces where more latitude and leeway can be given in terms of tempo and dynamics. Hamlin`s the BEST!
His version is always the best. the best pianist ever period
+Grey Valentine yep Lang Lang I am a convervatory student myself and he is phenomenally good Zimmerman and lang lang I will be somewhere between them
If you don't like it, it's also great because you can top it yourself. That's what I would do, although I like lang lang so much, I'm not sure if I can top his version. best of luck brother
actually I listened to hemilin's version just now, and I think hamelin's is better. Man, world is full of great pianists.
Hamelin is more refined, and I prefer that. He's more refined but rich
1:39 beutiful!!!awesome!!!
❤❤
MASTER at his BEST!!!
BRAVISSIMO!!!!!
For sure! He's the best one!!
Émouvant morceau de Litz si bien interprété par notre MAESTRO préféré ❤❤❤ 5:51 5:51
lang lang's interpretations always ruffle a few feathers, and for the most part, while i disagree with what he does sometimes, i let it slide-musical interpretation is more important than conforming to standards... but the end. why did he go forte at the end? WHY? REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
And the huge bang at 1:00 was so odd. I was so surprised I went back to check he really did that.
It is obvious Lang Lang is very technically skilled, and he has demonstrated a superior knowledge of theory and musicalities, it is a shame he does not use them most of the time. Edit: I’m not discrediting Lang Lang’s skill, but rather I am disappointed he won’t use his outstanding talent and perform pieces beautifully. Un Sospiro needs to feel warm and be played a certain way, and I do not feel Lang Lang has captured that, or at least tried playing it that way.
Uh, the dogmatism
Not true. Most of Liszt's pieces are supposed to be flashy, and I think Lang Lang definitely captured that. He only changed the dynamics a bit and played it his own way while maintaining the musicality.
0:49 Why he can play the breaking chords completely by left hand...
I tend to prefer his studio recordings over his live concerts. This is no exception. (I think the only exception would be his stunning live performance of La Campanella in Caracas, posted by Davic Loreto.)
simply amazing
...isn't jealousy humorous!
0:32 to 0:35
Great stuff
@3:06 rip the right hand notes he flunked...but its lang lang so he's earned a little slack....
Only lang lang would wear a bright gold watch in a piano concert
Surely playing the whole accompaniment with the left hand when the octave jumps come in defeats the object of the exercise? It is an etude after all!
It is an etude but that doesn't mean that it has to be played with only the technical aspects of the piece
Flawless
His shoes?
이곡은 표현을 많이 하는것 보다 그냥 곡 자체를 느끼는게 더 좋은것 같다 진심을 다해서 치는게 제일 듣기좋은 것 같다..
He played good!
Yes, it would. This piece is meant to be a study in hand crossing and Lang Lang isnt crossing his hands...
How can you tell? He doesn't like Lang Lang's playing because he doesn't like how he interprets pieces and that his playing has little clarity. There is no racism in that.
30/05/2019: let's go Raptors!
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Well, I am not an expert in music, but at this one masterpiece Of Liszt un sospiro, Lang Lang, puts some hard touch, when it should be more smooth, anyway, the man is a master at piano, and produces fantastic job. From Brazil, Hugs to you Friends...
My favorite version of un sospiro is played by Valentina Lisitsa. Never mind if she is pro Putin or not....